Terminal Woodland In Central Alabama: A Hypothetical Demise of a Tradition; David Chase (Unknown Date) (original) (raw)
Related papers
This paper aims to summarize the results of excavations undertaken at 1Mt209, Montgomery County, Alabama, by the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1976 and later in 2006 by the Office of Archaeological Research at The University of Alabama. Collectively, over fifty features and midden deposits have been identified at this Middle Woodland site, ranging from refuse pits, hearths, rock clusters, “pot busts” of check and complicated stamped vessels, artifact clusters, and a pit house, complete with postholes, a central hearth, a midden, and an unusual pebble feature.
The Middle Woodland Montevallo Phase in North-Central Alabama.
Journal of Alabama Archaeology, 2008
This article describes material culture that is used to identify a pre-Colonial Native American social group (phase) that existed in what is now central Alabama. A time period and area is proposed based on available data. Please see papers I wrote on this after this was published on this same group using data that were later recovered and analyzed. These are here on academia (links): excavation reports: https://www.academia.edu/5854262/Phase\_III\_Archaeological\_Investigation\_of\_Sandy\_Creek\_1Bb227\_within\_the\_Centreville\_Bypass\_Realignment\_Project\_Bibb\_County\_Alabama https://www.academia.edu/45418149/Archaeological\_Testing\_at\_Three\_Sites\_in\_Bibb\_County\_Alabama\_for\_the\_Centreville\_Bypass\_Realignment\_Project\_2008 discussion in cultural historical context/synthesis: https://www.academia.edu/41614560/Culture\_History\_of\_the\_Middle\_Cahaba\_River\_Drainage\_in\_Alabama\_before\_A\_D\_1800\_pre\_print\_copy\_
2011
Report on test excavations of a multicomponent site in north central Alabama. Carbonized plant remains associated with a Terminal Woodland component yielded two ams dates: cal. A.D. 1020 +/-30 with a two sigma range of A.D. 980 to 1040, and cal. 1050 +/- 30 with a two sigma range of 1040 to 1210. Ethnobotanical analysis was done on samples from three features. Remains of corn, sunflower, chenopod, maygrass, purslane, acorn, hickory, walnut, persimmon, and other species were identified.
Composition a Virgin Stand of Longleaf in South Alabama
2000
The Flomaton Natural Area is a virgin stand of longleaf pine located in Escambia County, Alabama. Fire has been absent for at least the past 45 years from the stand. Efforts are underway to restore this fire-dependent ecosystem through the re-introduction of fire. This paper presents data collected in advance of the re-introduction of fire. A substantial hardwood understory and midstory have developed and a thick litter layer has accumulated in the absence of fire. Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) regeneration and herbaceous vegetation are almost nonexistent. Considering all trees >1.25 cm DBH, longleaf pine averages 309 stems/ha and 19 m?ha, or 65% of total stand basal area. The predominant hardwood species are water oak (Quercus nigru), laurel oak (8. laurifolia), southern red oak (Q. falcata), and black cherry (Prunus serotino). Together these hardwoods average 929 stems/ha and 6.5 m2/ha, or 22% of the total stand basal area. Other pines and hardwoods comprise 8% and 5% of total stand basal area, respectively. Considering only saplings (1.25 to 12.7 cm DBH), longleaf accounts for only 11% and the four major hardwoods 64% of total sapling basal area.